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About Daily constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 1846-1851 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1848)
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Great S 3 icitcmcnt in France- If elan I on tlie Varga of War. ENGLAND QUIEF. ADVANCE IN BRSAD3ri7PPS COT TO 'I FIRM, &0. The following despatch reached us by tele graph, during ye-t-nlav morning, from our correspondent at New York: New Yoxik, May B—s} A. M. The steamer Britannia reiche I Boston at 12 o’clock, M., on .Sunday, but the telegranh be ing out of or ier between this city an 1 Boston, no news was receive I by her until the arrival of the mail this morning. Nothing ha. bee t hur l hv the Britannia from the steamer Hermann, an I she lias not vet been telegraphed at this port, a; was rumored yesterday. There was no change in cotton at Livero 'ol on the 22 i. though the mark 't was firm. Tlie m nket for breadstuffs was firm at an advance since the sailing of the America. Indi n Corn 245. a 275. per quarter. Fiour—American 235, a 275. per barrel. The Prussian Diet lias been dissolved in a j most undignified manner. The news from Austria and Italy is not im portant. The Sardinians have gained some slight ad vantage over the Austrians. The Rothschilds have refused to loan Russia money at a discount on best bills of ;jA per cent. The Crotz had sot fire to the village of Cas- Relle Xu ova. firming a cordon around the vil- Lag », and 2000 of tlie inhabbants were burnt to death, uttering the most appaliag shrieks. The Prussian troops are invad.ng Denm irk, ami the Danes were defeated in a skrimish. I The Pacha of Egypt has hung a deputation j from a large meeting, who had been appointed to lay before him the complaints of the people. The Duke and Dutchess of Montsoensier haye been banished from the capital of Spain. The Austrian government has expelled the Jesuits of Lintz, which gives great satisfaction to even the Catholics. In Scotland the C.xartists are regularly or ganized. Eajlani- A fresh agitation has been got tip in Lon don fer the extension of suffrage, equitable taxation, reduction of government exrcrvfi tures, an I the advancement of Reform princi ples, throughout the king loin. Forty mem bers of Parliament assisted at its formation. In some of the districts the mi idle class s have frateniiszed with tliem, and at B'.rmin ham and Nottingham, meetings of merchants favorable to some points of the charter have been held. The II mso of Commons having passed the Crown and Government Security bill bv an overwhelming majority,\i,anally adjourned on Wednesday evening. 13th April, for tlie East er recess. Prince Mettornieh, his Princess, Prince Richard, B iron Ch tries Hazel, and suites, have arrived in Lon lon. The run on the Savings’ Banks of England is still on the m Tease. Meetings in favor of the Charter, have been hold during the week in almost every town in Englan 1 and Scotland. Tao Chartist Convention, before adjourn ing, appointed deputations to visit the pro vinces, adopting a petition to the Queen pray ing the dismissal of h >r .Mini-try. A Chartist organ!* ition has taken place in Scotland, an I is spreading the country with great energy and vigor. Ireland Irelan 1 continues in a very critical state, and the excitement among the pc ipla continued to increase rather thin diminish. Arms are in brisk demand, and the people are beginning o lenlv to drill with pikes and rifles, despite the threatened interfere:.ce of the Government. Indeed, there seem- to be no longer any doubt of the fact that Ireland is on the eve of a civil war. Most alarming demonstrations of public opinion continued to lie made, and it was the general opinion that bloodshed was not far off. True Bills had been faun 1 against Mitchell, O’Brien, an 1 Meagers, the three most energet ic ot the Irish leaders. Toe differences between the repealers, head ed by John O’Coauf II on one side, and Mitchell on the other, is becoming greater everyday. Tlie rent lias fallen to £2 3, an I it is evident that the numerical majority of the Iri-h peo ple is in favor of violent measures. In the meantime, the people continue to supply them selves with arms. Great uu 1 influential bodies sent in addresses to the Lord Lieutenant, ex nes-nve of their determin ition to support the government. Ireland continues in astute of great unhap- i pines* and agitation; however, great fears of an outbreak of the peasantry existed. The speakers of tlie meeting at Conciliation Hall were moderate, and the confederates are as warlike in harangues as heretofore. Public demonstration in support of govern ment were held in several parts of the country. France The Britannia hi lags intelligence that M. Ledru Rolliu had at length made the formal attempt to destroy the Provisional Government in France, and that troops w ere arriving every moment in France, from all parts of the coun try. ihe greatest cxc temer.t and alarm had bean created in Paris and throughout the country , by these astounding events, and scenes of the I most momui to us character were duilv exnect ed. . • The financi d crisis in Paris was apparently ! •übsidinjg, though busiaeas aud trade were ! still mudnSepresaed. m B —mmmm ■ ( The cause of quarrel between Ledru Rollin | and his coilt agues, is said to have been as fol- ! lows: A deputation came to Paris from Amiens. ; for the purpose of presenting a petition for the removal of one of L *dru Hollia’s commissaries, on accounts of some violent proceedings he had indulged in the exercise of the unlimited • powers with which he and his fcllow-com- j missaries had been invested by. M. Rollin. M. j de Lamartine and several other in. mbors of the 1 Provisional Government nre said t > have ad mitted the misconduct of the commissary, and j stated that he ought to have been removed. j M. Rolin reiu- id to sacrifice :i functionary • who, if to blame at all, was only guilty of over i zeal in the cause of the republic. Upon this, i , a violent scene ensued, aud words passed be- i I tween the different members of the provision- j a’ government which caused a wide breach in ; the councils of the nation. Paris h is been the scene of out: of those cx traor linary d mon.-trations which can only oc- i cur in that capital. Fortunately it has passe l i off without bloodshed, XL Blau jue having been stung to madness ; by tlio publication of certain papers alleged to : be found at M. Guizot’s hotel, which impeach- i j e l ills p'lldlea cii uacter, fulminated a most I bitter piiilhpic against the provisional govern- I ment —iL dared th; documents published to j bs forgeri *s—aud inveighed ni >rc b.tterly ! Mens. Mana-t and M. Lamartine, in terms not easily to lie forgiven. He swore to over throw the government. It seems tint a plot was actually formed to intimidate tin Provisional Government and eject Limutin *, Marrast. an I other moderate j members th reborn, and form a now govern !in -at, con-i-t ng of Ledru Rolin, (Anat Blan | gui, Albert Louis Biauck, Fiocom Aruba, Ra spauiel, and Pierre Leroux. A meeting was accordingly got up for the Champs de Mars on Sunday night, with this i ulterior object. However, Mon-. Larmartine j and Marrast having got previous intelligence 1 lof the plot, circumvented their designs. The : | National Guards, as well as the Mobiles, were called out, and the c itieal state of things 1 i which threatened a complete reign of terror, ; furnished the Provisional Government with , ! tiie i release to military display. All c lass s a>w deeming the lately pro ! scribe I troops ot the line as delender* of or- i <ler, life un i property, a couple of regiments were brought into Paris. Ca.mon, for tin first time since the revolutoo, were pla.-el b afore the II »tel de Ville of the National Guard of Paris. No tewer than one hundred and twen ty thou-au I men assembled at the quavs an I Boul wards, joined by forty tnousand of the Baulin- or suburbs. l a these were a I led 20.033 of the Guards Mobile, aud this body, between which and the X ition il Guards some j e;ilou»y had previous ; iy existed, fraternized as they passed each other, and their common diiiicultics were bu i ried in oblivion. | L unaitine has prepared an offensive and do ! fen-ive alliance between the French tad the ■ Swiss Republics. Austria ani Sardinia Advices from Milan announce tiiat the Sar dinian troops had gained S' mo advantages over the Austrians at the bridge of Uoito, and it was stated that 2,000 Austrian prisoner* had id c i into the hands of the Piedmontese.— Tnis statement was greatly exaggerated, as j the number of prisoner* did not exceed 400. The Gazctta Piedmontese, of the 12l!i of April, announces, officially, that on the 9lh, ; the Austrians had held a position on the rieht bank of the Mincio, Irom Borgetta to Monseanvjna, but seeing that the Pielmon , tese had advanced towards the former of these I places, they retired to the left bank, and im mediately blew up the bridge over which they h id i a sc*d. ( cn. Brogha, who commanded the second carp- >f Piedm mtese, under (den. Souz, si lenced, by his artillery, the enemy’s battery, which occupied Monte Valleggiun on the left ; bank, reconstructed the bridge, and having ■ crossed the river, put the Austrians to liight. Tac O hiiione of Turin, of IDh, adds, that ; immediately therea.ter the Austrian.? took to j liight. It was reported on Sunday evening, April 1(5, that a courier had arrived from the seat ol war in Italy, with intelligence that a complete victory was said to have I een gain ed by Ri lc»zk\- Great apprehensions were entertained at Vienna in cause jpienee of a meeting of operatives which was to have been h d I on Sun lav, 13th Ari I. i The basis-of the new Austrian constitution hisju-t been pu limed. It is as follow-: All tie provinces are constitute I into one body, with the exception of Hung try, Sclavonia, Sieveuberger, and, for the present, the Italian p oviucj;. The division of the Empire shall re nan as it exists at this time. The person ot the Emperor is declared to be inviola' 1 The Empcmr is to have full powei over the land and sea forces, and the right of m iking w ar or peace. Treaties us »‘very description with foreign powers can only be nude with the sanctio of tiie two Houses of Pa linucnt. — Tne attribute of mercy and the right of be stow ing rewards belong to the Eaq.eror, b t j mercy cannot be extended to the minist ns, wit .out the sanction of the Pari: invent. Toe j 1 iws are to e administered publicly in open c iurts, by oral proceedings, and trials to be i by jury; the judges are to lie appointed for lift,, j All projects of loans are to be proposed, as well a- sanctioned, by the Emperor. The Em peror will assemble tlie Parliament annually, : and he mu-t call them together at stated in terval-. He has tl e right to prorogue and dis solve them. The f. es lorn of religion, of speech and of the press secured, and the right of pe tition and to hoi ling j ualic meetings is grant ed to every citizen, subject to future laws. The Austrian Government has ordered the Jesuits to quit Lintz. This step has given considerable satisfaction even to the Roman Catholic population. Tne Patria, of the 17th, says, “in a letter from Venice, w hich ha> just arrived, it is stat ed that Verona ha- been taken by the Pied montese army.” The news is confirmed by the late-t accounts. A force of 1,200 Venetians have been de feated at Montebello, near Vicenza, by a body of 603 Austrian infantry and cavalry. The greater pui t of the Venetians w ere the student*, who volunteered front Bogua and Venice.— Many were killed. The IVlarkcts The European I'unes, oftiie 22d ult., says ; *■ Tae geaerai tone of the Cora trade lias been firm;r at ad oir lea it.i; markets daring tlie week I'ue supplies h'rt.u uijj’o iJ combine limited, and us there are numerous buyers in the market, holders are enabled to reaii c better prices. At M >rk lane the value ol K.ugli-h wheat is quo ted at d(i to „4s. per quarter, whilst Canadian and United .States are worth 43 to 18s. per quarter. Indian corn sells at 2-J to 275. ner quarter of 4CO lbs 'l'lie demand for American Hour is moderate— theie bi ing a fair srppit cl English grain at that market. O i the 21m, United Males real sed 265. to 275., and the same prices were paid for Cana dian. At Liverpool the traders rules from the value and inns.lt all articles have advanced at this mar ket. Canadian W heat nmv sells at 6sfid to 8s Id per 70 lbs Tae prices <>. llotir are now quoted at 2is. fid a 18s for Western Canal. The demand for rice continues limited and prices continue to rule low for all descriptions. Carolina, new, sells at Liverpool at from 26s (id to 28s fid.— Bengal is quoted at 6s.to 12s. according to quality, j The Iron trade is without movement. Transactions in the cotton market are to a mod erate extent, but trade throughout tiie United Kingdom continues father steady. The bu-iness : done at Liverpool since the sailing of the Ame ri car, amounts to 24,450 bales, at nearly the same rates , as wo then quoted. At present our stock is s» low as 360,160 b ale*.— —i' natna ■< 'im■MMWWMM'WiWMBa f At the same period last year it was estimated at ! ! 569 990 bales. The export trade is less this year bv 3.749 bales than it was at t'e same period in 1817; whilst the difference of the amount taken on specul it.on from the Ist ot J in. to the 20th April in ; t,,is year. is 139 SGH hales less than in 1047. Liverpool April 22. Since the sui.ing of the ! America, the sales of cotton liere am mnteil t 024.- Oi.Q hales, without c ui ige in the rates quoted.— j There is but a limit -d stock on hand. The demand for American liom is limited, and * their i- a lair supply. | (in the l‘Jth nit. 6. 8. flour was quoted at 265. to i 275. Cana la wheat is worth 6s lid to 8- Id. per 70 ! 1 h-..; best Western (’anal fl mr, 2 < s (id t / ; C ana | diau and Pin adelp'tia was 6 i lower. There has been a sro d export Jem m l for Indian ! Corn fir Irelan 1. Breaduuifs will he in gaod de j tnaml for s rn' lime to come, a> alt descriptions of 1 vegetable food is scarce and oriccs are higrh. The appearance of the ymm: crop continues to he i , romisin«r, and will tend to keep prices at a moderate figure. Our advices from the continent repre»efit trade as being in a quiet position. The value of Eng.ish wheat is quoted at 465t054s ! per quarter, whilst Canadian and Russian sells at : 24s a 27s per quarter of 480 ihs. The demand for American flour was moderate. 1 there being a fair supply of Eng.ish grown at the Liverpool market. On the did L u ted States flour realised lbs and the same prices were paid tor Canadian, at Liver pool. The trade rules from the import of foreign grain. The imports o! produce from the ILh to the 20th. i iclu le 2 ill) quarters of Wheat; 9 H) of Bariev; 1085 quarters of beans; 700 quarter* o! I peas, 3 barreL of flour; 3219 quarters ol Indian corn. Later from His de Janeiro. Liberal Principles in the Ascendant Chame of M nisrry—T e English and French Plenipo tentiaries Markets. &e. The tine bar pie W. H. D. C. Wright, Ca; t. J tekson, which arrive I at this oort on Su ul ty evening, brings Oates from Rio de Janeiro, to the 2Ui of M ir.h. Tle 1 *tt ,*rs wo h ive seen contain no political intcHigmce. We learn from a pas senger in the barque, that there had been a change of Ministry in Brazil,and that the ; liberal parly was in the ascendant. This j change, however, had m connection with the state of a {Fairs in E uope.as the news of France ha i not reached Hi) at the time of the sailing ; ol the barque. The gentlemen who are now in lire cabinet are Me srs. Limpo d’.Vbreu.Minist r of Foreign I Affairs; Manuel Fol z ird > dc Mjllo, Minister of Finance and the Navy.the two de amnei.ts ' for the ti n > being, having been assigned to him; an V.sc nine M icahe. Minister of the Empire or Home Department. There are : five minister-, but only three had been ap ])ointc 1. The minister of Foreign Affairs is . President of the Council, and is empowered to ! till the vacancies. The change was made by the will an I sanction of that Emperor; the I cause we do not know. At the time of the sailing of the W. 11. D. i C. Wright, flour was quoted at 20J-500 for Richmond city mills; 17 j 000 f >r Baltimore. — Coffee —superior 2.(950 a TjlOO. Exchange on England 20\ a 2 Freights to United States SO a 83 cents. Rio m; Janeiro, March 27, 1848. My last a lv.ee was under date of the 21 I instant. There is no change in the market since then, and buna ess is very du 1. Fiour —no fresh arrivals- s nail sales Richmond at 20J00D a 20J700 rs.; Columbia at 19J09D rs.; li iltimore 17J000 rs. Coffee dull—superi >r at 2j950 a 3JIOJ rs; firsts at 2J700 a 2jijo rs.— Exchange—2 '■ ia 2 >£, on tim Metals rising, in (larrtanu for Europe. Freights—Bo cents per bag for coffee to the United States, and vessels scarce. Balt GO!) a 620 rs. per Al queire. BV OUU IM.W EXPRESS. 24 HOUR IN ADVANCE OF THE .MAIL. [From the Xno Orleans Picayune, 7 lh inst. J Still Later from Me lies ’The brig Selina, Capt. Clack, arrived yc-- terday evening from Vera Cruz, whence she sailed on the 29th ult. She brings us papers of that date. In the Free American of the 23th, we fin I the following article—extracted, we presume, from the American S a — which is of mani fest importance and explains a paragraph above: Ban I,lts—Gr.x. Paredes. —New revolu tionary movements appear to he breaking out in Bin I.uis, in consequence of the presence of Paredes in that city. According to the corresponds tof the Monitor, under date ot the 12th, the people were in a sad condition, and nothing like a restoration of public order was looked tor until he should leave the city. On the night of the llth ( Tuesday of last week) one of the revolutionists, named Tri corns. made an effort to surprise the fortress of Gu i laloupe, creating much alarm among the population. The blow was warded off. though that circumstance left the citizens in a state of no great security, (hie or two regiments of the N itional Guards at Veil mdn, a place to the North of the city, had been disc mod. T > complete she disgrace of the d »y, the agi tators compelled Tnconis to leave immediate ly. for the purpose of uniting with Bu.-tameutes division at D dores Hidalgo. The Moni tor’s corres.KJudeut thinks much of this dis turbance is to he attributed to the recent at tempt <.f the Government of Ban Luis to-ap prehend D. Ignacio Flores, who went to Rio Veride for the purpose ot inducing t ic troops of R nnery to desert. Flores ilc 1 and conceal ed him-elf. Another reason assigned is the j neglect an 1 inefficiency of the State au thorities in pursuing Paredes, when it was i well known what house he occupied. Still nothing was done. One of the pure monarch ists ha t gone to Z icatecas to tre it with Am pudia, but the jiarties did not meet. ( In the meantime a reb -llion hid broken out at Sierra Gorda. On the 9th a party from Doroteode la Fuente attacked a band of mis erable revoltersne ir Terranueva, in San Luis, killed eight or nine, wounded several, and took nineteen prisoners, who ven taken to the prison at Ban J.uis. There was another i party of these malcontents at the hacienda of Jotre, advancing upon Santa Maria del Rio, and still another ot five or six hundred more at Renuelas, in Guajuante and adjoining Dolores. These revolutionary mo vements in the State of San Luis, and on the limits of one or two | adjacent States, certainly do rot look well for the peace of that portion of the Republic.— The Furos. nearly overthrown ns they are, j have a j erfcct understanding with the friends of Paredes. This political combination ap pears to be too much for the iiovcrnor and Commandant General of the State. They both exhibit an astonishing indifference ami apathy on the subject. The Administration ; of San I.uis has, in this whole affair of Pare des, neglected to discharge its duty to the people of that powerful State, to the interests of peace and to the Supreme Government. AH the officers, civil and military, have exhibited an amazing want of energy and decision. The result is, that insubordination prevails j n V a- I rious sections of the Department, and pro nunciamcntos are getting to be the order of the day. It would not surprise us to learn that Paredes and Hustamente had united their !-forces and bid defiance to the Government of San I.uis, if not the Supreme Government. It is now roundly asserted in some ot the j Mexican papers that the Ihesident. Pena y Pena, will assume the responsibility of rat.ty ing the treaty should he not obtained a quo rum of Congress to act upon it in season. — This simple assertion indicates the fears which are entertained on the subject. . In the Free. American of the 29th, we find the following translation of a letter to the 1 Arco Iris, written from Mexico at the “ last f ; hour:” Letters have just been received from Quere- 1 taro by several respectable houses in this city, | and all agree in saying that the treaty will not j Ibo ratified by the 2d day of June. Eight days | ago seven delegates were w anting to constitute j a quorum in the House. At present fifteen j are wanting. Many more show a disposition 1 to absent themselves. The prevailing opinion j among die American officers is that there will be no peace, and it is said that the American j j troops are making preparations to march on; I Queretaro as soon as it is ascertained that Con- | S gross will not meet. Jarautais in the depart- I | meat of Queretaro. together with an active j i guerriilo named Vega, and Paredes,and is re- | j cruiting soldiers to oppose the Americans as soon as the armistice is broken, and the time | i is not far off when this will occur. The steam-hip Now Orleans reached Vera ' ' Cruz on the 27th ult. Tie Free A n ;rican of : ; the 29th thinks she will await Gen. Scott’s arrival then constantly expected—and bring | him to this city. Gen. Taylor. Gen. ’Taylor arrived in this city yesterday morning, and has taken lodgings at the St. Charles Hotel. He is in town on ; , | business, and will return to Baton Rouge in a ‘ i few davs. He is in excellent health, and looks ' | as though he had a dozen campaigns in him | yet. For Brvzos Santiago.—The U. S. steam ship Fashion, Capt. Mo-gan, leaves this morn c ing for Brazos Santiago with Government stores an i the following passengers: Major R. i G, Be de, Mrs. Eastland an I two children. ! Joseph Green, Mrs. Pastly, W. P. Wallace, J. C. Slocum. ' NEW ORLEANS, May GP M— Cotton. —The | j glnimv accounts brought by the Acadia, rendering I it not improbable that the tranquility of Great L Britain might be disturbed, created a general dis ■ trust, which rendered the negotiations of Exchan ; gea extremely difficult and uncertain. gG ing to the , few who coul i caium.iiul means, the power of regn , ] latingihe prices of our great staple Cotton. The r consequence was that the sales during th" first ’ four days of the week amounted to only 12,(00 j bales, at a decline of jagC. last week, and even more in many instances Yesterday the market l agai i opened languidly. but towards the close of! business hours it became evident from the increas- ! ; Cii deal -nd that later news was in town, and GO.)0 j , ' bales were taken principally for E igland at rather | ; 1 tiller prices. The accounts proved io be those of the America, an 1 arc considered highly favorable, ' not so in ich on arena it oi any advance in Cotton, ast ie prices were the same as at the sailing ol the ’ Acadia s vfa ILL for Alt il.iug. than on account > of the total abortion of the Chartist demonsti ation. '• which i< looked upon as a gtiara ilee for future tran . quiiity. To-day factors demanded an advance, but ' as march mts ge teraily arc (ie.st.ou-) of waiting for their letters, wli ch will be here to-morrow, and as j j i the in •an time they do not appear disposed to 1 j) iv any advance, the sales are confined to 30i>0 bales, making the tola ot the week 21,000 hales.— W e g ve in consequence t .e following qa gallons. 1 remarking, however, that large parcels could not be purchased under our outside figures : Inferior 3 a 3] Ordinary 4 i )j Middling Q a 5 j Go > raidd ing 5J a Middling fair 5.J a 5% Fair G a • Good 1 air .nominal. I i Good and Fine .nominal. Sugar. —The -ales ot the week embrace 1500 • hluls.. without any material change in p ices, - Hi liigh the better qualities are rather firmer. We i qmil —Inferior 2 a ; Common a3 ; Fair a o.j :I- uily Fail u— Prime la4j ; Choice In a ' 1 4 • Arrived during the week 1588 hhd>.— Exported 59 ) hlrls. .1/ (asses. —The market continues very dull, and flic bu kot the arrivals is of interior quality. Or dm iry t > Prime sells at 12 a 15c., and small lots of ( Jioico at IGc. Ar ived during the week 1182 bids.—Exported | IG9 libis. Flour. —Tiie very moder* c arrivals hare ena bled ho d'rs to r alize an advance ol 25i , and 10- ) 0 0 bills, have changed hands at the following rates, i at which the market cin-es with firmness. Wc quote (• io and illinoi- sls > a f.G .‘A ; Choice Lli tnii- and Si. Em i-, $175 a .5.25 Arrived during the week 1 U,7GO bids.— Exported ’ 1 U.d.h.i bids. Wheat. — I izc arrival- bare been small and we 1 have only heard of a levy >aes inciudiii j 30<)0 bush els Prime ai 80c.. and TH) sacks Fair ut(>oc. Arrived duirng the week 3858 sack-—Exported t 3897 -acks. . Cunt. —The demand bus been steady, and lolly > 15.000 sacks ha.e been taken for i lie Nortli and j Europ-, at prices ranging from 2G a 30c. for .Mixed to Prime Yd ow. the priori >al - des having been • at 5/a 28 cents. The stock in first hands is small. r Arrived during the week 37.691 sacks. —E.xport- • i ed 59.773 sacks. t | U liisky — I’lie demand has been lirn'ied.and t‘ie sales do not exceed 2.000 bids., at a IGc. tor c - Rectified, and for Raw. , 1 Arrived during the week 2.G95 bbls.—Exported 1.4 1.3 I.bis. P" k. — Vs ir business has born df ne. and some 4000 bbls. have changed hands, at $8.25 a $8.37.^ ’ lor Mess. tor Pnme, $7.75 for I‘iime Mess. and $5.50 a s(i tor Ramps. . Arrived during tire week 5089 bbls.—Exported . SOU bbls Hulk Pork. —The late arrivals have been sold at s 2Ac. or Hog-round. It,iron. — I'lie arrivals are falling nIT, and there is a steady dem md for Prime ; thr stock ol interim is large aid sells slowly Piime . ides bung 4 cts.; Simnlders. 2j b I lams continue dull at a !c. for plain and 5 a Bc. for canvassed a..d Extra Sugar cured. s Arrived during the week 724 casks. 55 tierces and I 48 bbls—Exported 002 casks, 547 tierces and 203 bbls. Lard. —The demand bn* been limited, and the re ceipts fiarc also tailed off rapidly. Prime is very s scarce, and’ we only hear ot occasional sales—us, I for instance, to day 510 kegs were sold at 6c., an I 61 half bid , and 1260 kegs at 6,|c. Inferior to No. 1 sells at 4c a Arrived during the week 2188 bbls.and 1G55 kegs. , | Exported equal to 37.504 kegs. life/. — Transactions continue very limited, and 1 we only hear of occasional sales at $7 for Prime; sll for Mess, and sl6 for Prime Mess in tierces. , Arr ved during the week 376 bbis.and 140 tierces. 1 Exported 31 bbls. and 131 tierces. Coffee. —The dem .nd for Rio is limited, at 6J a r 7c.. the latter tor a prime art ole j- Rice. —Small sales at 3g a Gjje. . Freights.— 'Foe rates for cotton have settled down to A<L i i British vessels and 9-lGd, in An erican to Liverpool and §c. to Boston. Exchange. —'The transactions continue limited— Lo id on 3 a 7 per cent, prem ; New York 60 days 2^ > a 3 per cent, disc.; D Sig.it Ia A per cent, prem- It is said that the largest Corn grower in • An eric.i is WLn. Polk, Ei|.. of Arkansas, a 5 brothe rof the President. His crop last year | j was estimated at 100,000 bushels. The fol -1 lowing is the estimate of the fruits of his plan tation: Cunt, $70,000; Cotton, $15,000; Pork, $1,000; total produce of the year 90,000. — 1 | A cioark Advertiser. ; | i I Wisconsin.—Gov. Dodge, of the Terr tory [ j of Wisconsin, h is j ist issu'd his Proclamation, [ declaring that the Constitution lately submit > 1 ted to the people oi that Territory for adopt.on, . I preparatory to their assuming the position of a State of the American Union has been ap , j prove I by a majority of 10,293 votes out of ; 22,591 votes cist. t : Capt. Walker, a gallant officer of the U. S. | Army, who was dangerously wounded near ‘ the city of Mexico, reache 1 here Tuesday eve ning, m the cars from Buffalo, lie has been | brought all the way from Mexico in his Ived, ; being too ill even to sit up. From New Or- 1 leans, he passed up the Mississippi and Ohio l | rivers, Irom thence across to Lake Erie, and j from Buffalo in the cars. Cupt. W. was ac -1 1 companied, we understand, by the Surgeon of t J his Regiment-— A lhany Eve. Jour sth inst. \ Augusta, ©torgia. |J FRIDAY MORNING WAY J IIVTMnIHnGIIAIMI. f (Transmitted for the Constitutionalist.) ) Cl IA RL E $ TON Ma y 11, 9.50 A. M. ’ ARRIVAL OP TH3 BRITANNIA. • SEVEN DAYS LATER 1 FROM EU <OPE. ; The British steamer Britannia, arrived at ‘ Boston on Monday last, bringing advices from Liverpool to the 22d ult. We learn frem a telegraphic despatch re- ! 1 ceived from our Charleitou correspondent, th .t the transactions in Cotton were to but a moderate extent, but without any change in ( prices—trade in England continued rather steady—sales in Lwerpool since the sailing of the America reach twenty-four thousand bales, the market closing firm. The stock on haa 1 was limite I being one hundred an I forty thou sand bales less than at the same period last i I year. We have no quotations given. Breadstuff- were firm and a Iv mciug. The Prussian Diet had been dissolved in a very undignified manner. The Sardinians had gained a slight advan j tage over the Austrians. Ireland continued in a critical sta‘e, and rrreat fears of outbreaks and bloodshed were i ° j expressed. England, we are happy to learn continues in | • = a quiet state. In France all looks well, notwithstanding | Kolia had attempted to overthrow the provi- I sional government. No sooner was his inten tions known than the troops ot the line and | the National Guards rushe 1 to the support of . Government, at the last dates all was quiet at Paris. SECOND DESPATCH. Nnv York, May 11, P. M- Cof/on —The Cotton market is firm at an ad vance ofi a j cent since the receipt ot the steamer , Britannia's advices. Hire —Sales of 5'H) tierces at 3J to 3.J per cwt. \y r learn from Detroit, that a lire had broken ! ou t there, and d« stroyed tifty houses. THIRD DESPATCH. Charleston, May 11. 8.30 P. M. Cotten. —The receipts being light, the marke 1 has acquired more firmness. The better qualities are scarce, and for strictly fair cla.-sifications an a ivance has been paid. The sales to-day reach 772 bales at prices ranging from sto 6A cents. At these rales the market closed firm, holder* finding n > difficulty in realizing full prices on *1! sold. Rice. —The market remains quiet. The sales reach about 170 tierces, al the prices current yes terday. j-gpWc arc indebted to the Charleston Mer cury for a slip containing an outline of the Foreign news brought by the Britannia. We are also in lebte-d to the editors of the Baltimore Sun for a copy of their paper of Tuesday last, one day in advance of the mail, for which attention they will receive our thanks. Extracts from it will be found in this days paper. Stephen B. Williams, Es was on the 9th inst. elected Teller of the Bank of the State jf Georgia, in place ot I. lx. Telit. Esq., elected Cashier. G-oargln Whig Contention. The proceedings of this body lose much of their interest and importance from its having linked the destinies of the Whig party of Georgia to those of the great Whig party of the Union. Having agreed to send delegates t i the N itional Whig Convention, with a pledge to support its nominee, (provided he is an Anti-Wilinot Proviso man.) the recom mendation of General Taylor is of no con.se -1 queucc, except so far ns it may have its influ ence to strengthen his claims for the nomina tion by the National Convention. He is nor, therefore, as yet, the candidate of the Geor gia Whigs, and may never be. It is, there fore, premature,- perhaps, for Democratic pa ] pers in Georgia to discuss his claims, preten sions and qu ditk-atiens for the Piesidency. I We will leave that pretty much to the Whig , ! papers. We have great confidence in the pow i ers of the Augusta Republic to show that the 1 j Convention has greatly over-rated General , Taylor—his pretensions, his capacity, and fit ness for the Presidency. If, notwithstanding ;I * n such, and much other good Whig testimony, on the subject, the National C invention will obstinately and perversely nominate General Taylor, the great military captain, in opposi te the great civil captain, and all the other Whig aspirants, we will then follow- in the wake of the Republic and divers other Whig j papers, or perhaps strike out on an indepen dent course of investigation as to the proprie ty of General Taylor's election. In the mean time, it is apparent that his prospects in Geor gia are less formidable to the Democratic party . than they would have been had the Conven tion unconditionally run up the Taylor flag, and nailed it to the mast, with the motto, I *• General Taylor never surrenders,” and re solved that that flag should not bo furled or taken down at the bidding of any National Convention, nor of any authority short of a vote of the people. Such a course w ould at any rate have been more in consonance with ureneral Taylor’s own position, and what he evidently expects from his supporters. Wc make the following extract from a re ! cent letter to the Macon Telegraph from its in telligent Washington correspondent. The let i ter of Gov. Marcy seems indeed to have been a settler. All accounts, from all quarters of the Union, concur in ascribing to it a tremendous ] effect on the public mind. It has more seri ously damaged Gen. Scott’s prospects for the j Presidency, and in fact his claims to greatness | of character, than all the other influences com j binod, which have ever been 1 rought to bear against this great Captain. We may very pro i pcrly now apply the cant phrase to Gen. Scott, j . that he is “ the greatest Captain of tim age, I j and nothing else." He can never be a great | man in the enlightened and comprehensive sense of the word. ATmr readers will perceive from the violent 1 opposition manifested by the federalists of the jim._jjjiJ'i^«U llJL i!i!.lL-I'LJ'i 1 | House to the printing of the reply ot the focc- I ret ary of War. to S ott’s last onslaught on the Administration, that it is conclusive, not only against the General’s complaints, but also a gaiust all reasonable hope ot bein x able to maixo sure of him for an available. 1 iieir conduct, which w.,s extraordinary tor them, bears out what I had written you concerning this elabo rate and powerful paper from the pen ot the Secretary. The original copy was so scut out as to be han led to the General, wherever it might meet him, between Washington and the city of Mexico. His committee lately organ ized here, of which it is said Messrs. Clingman and Caleb B. Smith, are the heads—Northern and Southern —are dreadfully a armed at the prospect of his arrival at the federal city with 'Prist, en suite ; than whom, it appears, that no other man save Gen. himsclt. has a high er opinion of his individual ability for political diplomacv, which in English is cheating round the board. Ihe General if he conics here, cannot fad to come to his po.it cal gtave; for the friends of Clay, McLean, and above all others those of Taylor are bent on furnishing him with the means (in tbs way ot sinister ad- m vice) of losing the very little character, other ™ than that of a sol lier, which the Secretary has left him. Yesterday, leading federal members had no hesitation in admitting (about the streets) that the Secretary has in this one de feusive paper, completely driven Scott out of the political atena. ViaoixiA Cor rax Statement. —Our Peters - burg correspondent gives the receipts of Cot tm to Ist May, at 53-30 bales, stock on hand 903. Exported to Gr*ut Britain same time, IS bales; North of Europe 330 bales. [Front the fta/timorg Sun 9th inst ] THIRTIETH CONGRESS.-Ist Session. Wasuixgt.kx, Mav 9, ItiiS. SENATE. A number of petitions and raemoiials were | presented. j Mr. Dix presented the resolution of the A ■ New York Legislature, in favor of the pay- I I meat of the claims of our citizens for French spoliations. Several unimportant reports were made from committees. Mr. Johnson, of Georgia, offered a resolu tion, which was adopted,instructing the Judi ciary Committee to enquire into the expedi | ency of establishing a Professorship of inter i national liw at the Annapolis Naval School, ! and to extend the number of appointments, so j as to allow the admission of tioj for each mem ber of Congress Several bills from the House were received and referred. The special order of the day—the Yucatan bill—was then taken up. When Mr. Foote referred to that portion of j my report of Thursday's debate fl believe] in ■ the Senate, which attributes to Mr. Calhoun i the remark that he “ had not considered it necessary to n nice what tiie Senator from M .s --sissipj i had said,” in his speech of that day. Mr. Foote said, satisfactorily, that the remark referred to had been entirely misunderstood A ' by the reporter. W Mr. Calhoun also disclaimed having n-ed J the expression, or any other disrespectful to ; tiie senator from Mississippi. [My reports aie | necessarily hasty, and I must ox’ course have j misunderstood the remarks at. that point ot the : debate, though others un lerstood it as I did. j I certainly had no intention to misre. resent ! the remarks of any one, an I readily make the j correction. Ido this more cheerfully because I the honorable senator from Mississippi has j d'>neme the justice to say tl at he believes the J report, in other respects, substantially correct l and his speech of th .t day forms its prominent i feature ] * Mr. Hon-ton would be glad If the Hon. j Senator would point out any install; e which ; Texas had co platted with England. Mr. Johnson sai 1 that during the pilgrimage j of tiie Senator to Iran. Jack>on, if the papers i ha 1 correctly quoted him, he had used such a?t ' expression. Mr. Houston thanked the Senator from j Maryland for the opportunity to contradict M ; the statement. He had never used such re- B I marks as had breu attributed to him. i Mr. Houston then addressed the Senate at | great length, in support of the bill, but I have ; not time bet >re tiie cars leave to give a sketch j ol his remarks, which embraced several topics of pu 1 lie importance which now occupy the I public attention. I Mr. Foote made a few remarks, and Mr. ! Hanncgan also again urged the importance of prompt action, it had become a question Shall we or shall England take possession of Yucatan. Mr. Johnson, ofMaryland, followed, and in the course of his remarks referred to the fact, that though the message had only been on their table for a week, the subject had been brought to the attention of the Executive more th m six months since. II ; also allu led to the charge which had been made against Texas, of “coqueting with England.” He was opposed to the bill in its present shape, and expressed his views on the subject at consider able length. Mr. Hannegan said that the'Senator from N. York, s mu days since, had so clearly laid before the Senate the operations of England on. gL | the \ ucatan coast. &c., that it was unnecessary for him to refer to the facts, It was well known that the object of England was to seizb Yuca tan- And Mr. Sierra, in his last communica tion, said that if the aid asked is not afforded in two short months, Yucatan, as a govern ment, w 11 cease to exist. Mr. Jefferson Davis said that if this bill was to be passed over, he hoped the twentv regi ment bill would be taken up, that the Pres ident might be enabled, in this particular case, to prosecute the war with Mexico in such a manner that a new w ar might not grow out of it.for he agreed with the Chairman of the Com mittee on Foreign Relations, (Mr. Hannegan.) j that it delay was practised the next question would be whether we shall expel England from Yucatan, j Mr. Calhoun contended that there was not the slightest probability that England would A interfere or take po-session of Yucatan. He was ready to take tlie responsibility of this declaration. He had examined the correspon- \ dence which had ’ ecu referred to and there was nothing in it to warrant such a conclu sion. Mr. Crittenden followed. lie desired, be fore agreeing to the movement authorized by | the biH, such information us would warrant the i taking of military possession for the objects co:.templated, or from the considerations stat ed. He was in favor of the amendment pro posed by Mr. Jefferson Davis. Mr. \V escott addressed the Senate at length,- and expressed his conviction that it was the intention of England to take possession of \ ucatan, and that once in her possession, she would not relinquish it. And he would vote fB for any measure necessary to prevent England from taking possession, and to protect the in terests of the United States. After some further conversation, the bill was passed over informally, and the Senate ad journed, alter adopting a resolution calling on the President for further correspondence on : the subject. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. After same unimportant business,the House, in committee of the whole, resumed the con sideration of the bill granting bounty lands to officers promoted from the ranks, and the sev eral amendments proposed. The amendments of Messrs. Thompson, of
